The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-11-11
FASHION NOTES.


braid season.
A new and fashionable shade Of brown
is called Venetian bronze.
The Bismarck brown Of past seasons l.
revived under the name Of old mahogany.
Rnby.cut garnets are favorite stones for
various articles OF jeweiry In common
use.
French plaid woollens are materials Of.
teneat chosen for little girls winter school
dresses.
Glove.fstlng sealskin jackets, medium
short, will be popular this winter with
sty lish young ladies.
Surges Of various weayes are popular
dress material, and they are durable as
well as beautiful.
Marrow velyet ribbon applied in rows or
In patterns like braid Is used In proiasIon
upon ehildren's dresses.
Soft, silky Indlan cashmere, combined
with MORE OF deeper shade, Il extensive
~ used for the new talrior gowns.
Fashionable slippers for morning wear
are made Of black silk, In Japanese shape,
having bread soles and no heels.
Many OF the costumes being prepared
for winter are entirely gray, and gray
honnets or hats will be worn en- suite.
Parislan young ladies are wearing pref.
~ house jackets Of dark green billiard
cloth dellcstely braided In pale gold.
In place Of the silver chatelalne girdles
so popular during The summer, girdles OF
fur with gilt or silver attachments are
seen.
The newest handkerchiefs are oi sheer
linen lava, with a border Of daisies or
other small blossoms embroidered In nat
ural eolora.
Every style and shape of eoraage 10
fashionable this season, the cut depend.
Ing only upon the oce asion for which the
toilet 10 designed
Gold. silver, bronze. enamel, pearl or JET
pins, buckles, clasps, hoops and slides arc
used In profusIon upon dresses and for
millinery uses.
Gloves 10 wear with a wedding toilet
should be white undfessed kid mosquetai.
res, with broad stttchings of silver or white
silk upon the back.
The latest addition to the long list Of
fashionable greens are vert dor, golden
green, very becoming to blondes, and
vieux vert, old dull green.
Fancy belt clasps, with dog-eollaF orna.
ments TO match, are added TO dressy toll
eta OF sllk or satin. and aiao TO handsome
tailor-made cloth suits.
Buttons are entirely omitted on many
of the new French dressea. the joining In
front being covered by plastron, a fancy
iabot or a double cascade Of lace.
Chain braid IL novelty In dress trim
mings and is pretty and moderate In price.
II Is usually In two or three colors, and IL
sometimes interviewer with gold.
Young ladies wear toques of the same
material with their cloth gowns. These
FL the head like skuli-eap, are in melon
shape at the top and have but little trim.
mings.
Bands Of uncurlea ostrich feather aues
are used rs a finish for the neck and
sleeves of wraps, and In dner qualities
they are utilized for bonnet crowns, in
rows Of alternate colors.
The variety of outside garments this
season is greater than ever before. There
Il no stated length, every style, from the
long French pelisse 70 the jaunty hunt
Ing jacket, being In vogue.
Yeats oil pale eeru kid or tan-colored
corded silk are worn with short English
js-kets Of GobeIIn blue. dark green or
pAnsy .colored cloth, which are braided or
embroidered In silks Of the color Of the
jacket.
II is quite the exception to see cos
tune without some combination Of color,
either in fabric or trimmings, except the
strictly tailor-made suits, which ladies Of
acknowledged taste favor for street wear.